Using the GitHub CLI (gh)

When to Use

• Browsing or reading code from a GitHub repository — clone it and use Read/Glob/Grep
• Viewing or creating pull requests, issues, releases, or gists
• Fetching repo metadata or any GitHub API data
• Interacting with GitHub Actions (runs, workflows)
• Any task involving GitHub that you might otherwise use curl, wget, or WebFetch for

When NOT to Use

• Non-GitHub URLs (use WebFetch or curl for those)
• Public web content that happens to be hosted on GitHub Pages (*.github.io) — those are regular websites
• Local git operations (git commit, git push) — use git directly

Key Principle

Always use gh instead of curl, wget, or WebFetch for GitHub URLs. The gh CLI uses the user's authenticated token automatically, so it: